Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-21s and Academy
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| Full name | Tottenham Hotspur | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Spurs, Lilywhites, The Hotspurs | |||
| Founded | 1882 as Hotspur F.C. | |||
| Ground | Hotspur Way, Enfield, London, England | |||
| Chairman |  Daniel Levy | |||
| Manager | Tim Sherwood (reserves) Chris Ramsey (academy) | |||
| League | Premier Academy League U18 Group B | |||
| 2011–12 | Premier Academy League U18 Group B, 4th | |||
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The Tottenham Hotspur Reserves consist of mainly young players under the age of 21 who are no longer eligible for the academy but are still trying to make the step up to the senior team. The reserve team is also often used to give senior squad players and senior players returning from injury the chance to play and keep or build up match fitness.
The team are currently managed by former player Clive Allen and play their matches at Leyton Orient's home ground Matchroom Stadium from the 2007–08 season onwards. They originally played at Broadhall Way, the home ground of Stevenage Borough. They have won one Premier Reserve League South title since the league's formation in 1999.
The club announced on 12 June 2009 that for the 2009–10 season it would not be entering a team in the Reserve League. Instead the reserve players would be loaned out for first team experience, and if necessary friendly matches would be arranged as required during the season to test out players returning from injury.[1]
'A' team
In 1948 Tottenham entered an 'A' team into the Eastern Counties League.[2] They won the League Cup in their first season and the league title and the East Anglian Cup in their second. In 1957–58 they again won both the league and East Anglian Cup and went onto win the League Cup the following season. They won three consecutive league titles in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62. In 1963 they left the ECL to join the Metropolitan League, which they won in 1966–67 as well as the League Cup in 1963–64 and the League Cup and Professional Cup in 1964–65. In 1969 they joined the South East Counties League, where they played until the formation of the Academy team in 1998, winning it three times between 1969 and 1973 and several times in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
During their time in the ECL the club played at White Hart Lane, as well as at Hoddesdon Town's Lowfield Ground (1950–51), the Hoddesdon Sports Arena (1951–52) and Brookfields Lane in Cheshunt (1952–1963)
The Academy
The Tottenham Hotspur Academy coaches young footballers from the ages of 8 to 18 involving approximately 150 young players, looked after by 30 full-time and part-time staff. The academy features a network of 35 scouts who are tasked with finding the best local, national and international talent.
Notable players to come through the Tottenham Hotspur Academy include Ledley King, Glenn Hoddle, Peter Crouch, Stephen Carr, Nick Barmby, Ian Walker and Sol Campbell all of whom have gone on to represent their country at international level.
The Academy Manager is John McDermott. One of the former Youth Team coaches is Alex Inglethorpe who joined the club in 2006 after a two year spell as manager of Exeter City. In November 2012 after six years service to Tottenham he joined Liverpool to become their Under-21 coach.[3]
The Academy has attracted press attention in June when they turned down a £100,000 offer from Fulham for U16 starlet Will Standing. McDermott announced that he was a bright prospect unearthed from the Tottenham academy and would do all they can to hold on to him with a view to him eventually breaking into the first team.
Seasons
2005/06 season
Clive Allen became the manager of the reserve team at the beginning of the season and led them to their first FA Premier Reserve League South title staying in 1st position from mid-December until the end of the season. They lost just three times during the league season. In the Barclays Premiership Reserve League Play-Off which is contested by the winners of the Southern and Northern Reserve League title winners Tottenham Reserves lost 2–0 to Manchester United Reserves at Old Trafford.
2006/07 season
The 2006/07 was less successful for the reserve team with them finishing mid-table in fifth place behind league winners Reading, Watford, Chelsea and Leicester City. The academy team have made a vast improvement over the previous season and finished the league in third position in their Under 18 Group behind Reading and Leicester City.
The end of the season coincided with the end of a Tottenham career for Charlie Lee and Rob Burch with both being released to further their careers elsewhere.[4]
2008/09 season
On 1 July 2008, Tottenham Hotspur confirmed the permanent transfer of Joe Martin who had previously been on loan, to Blackpool.[5] Spurs also loaned out Tomas Pekhart to Southampton, Troy Archibald-Henville to Norwich City, Simon Dawkins to Leyton Orient, David Button to Grays Athletic, Andrew Barcham, Leigh Mills and Charlie Daniels went on loan to Gillingham.[6]
In 2009 Grays Athletic this time loaned Lee Butcher another goalkeeper for a month[6] and Gillingham acquired Barcham permanently.[7] Charlie Daniels was allowed to join Leyton Orient on a free transfer.[8] Button this time went on loan to AFC Bournemouth, made his league debut for them and Archibald-Henville went to Exter City, while Yuri Berchiche and David Hutton both moved to Cheltenham Town.
Honours
- FA Youth Cup: 3
- 1970, 1974, 1990
- Eurofoot Tournament: 2
- 2007, 2011
Players
- As of 15 August 2013.[9]
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Academy
Third years
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Second years
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First years
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Academy management and support staff
| Role[10] | Name |
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| Manager | John McDermott |
| Head of recruitment | Richard Allen |
| Performance manager | Dean Rastrick |
| Under-18s coach | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Perry Suckling |
| Head physiotherapist | Aaron Harris |
| Physiotherapist | Janek Pearce |
Reserve team manager history
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Colin Calderwood (2001–2003)- John McDermott (2005)
- Clive Allen
- Gareth Mason (2006-2007)
- Lee Connor Hagger (2007)
Notes
- ^ Reserve News THFC website 2009-06-12 Retrieved, 2009-08-15
- ^ a b Blakeman, M (2010) The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935-2010, Volume II ISBN 978-1-908037-02-2
- ^ Simon Jones (27 November 2012). "Inglethorpe leaves Spurs youth role to become Rodgers' reserve team coach at Anfield". dailymail.co.uk. Mail Online. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ tottenhamhotspur.com – Player Update
- ^ "Martin to Blackpool". tottenhamhotspur.com. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ a b "Grays loan for Butcher". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Barcham move made permanent". tottenhamhotspur.com. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "Daniels leaves Spurs for Orient". BBC Sport. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Professionals". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ ABOUT THE ACADEMY, tottenhamhotspur.com, 22 January 2012
External links
- Barclays Premier Reserve League South
- Premier Academy League
- Official Tottenham Hotspur Reserve(Professionals)Team
- Official Tottenham Hotspur Academy page
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